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The following sections discuss the basics of creating and using
directories.

Note:

The XTREE utility provides a simple way to see and organize

your directories. See the description of XTREE later in this

chapter.

The Default Directory

MS-DOS always recognizes one directory as the

&fault

or

current directory, just as it always recognizes one drive as the

default drive. The default directory is the one in which
MS-DOS performs your commands, unless you tell it to do

otherwise. If you want to run a program or access a data file

that is not stored in the default directory, you can either

change directories (malting a different directory the default) or

include a pathname in your command.

Changing the Default Directory

To change from one directory to another, use the CHDIR

command, or its shorthand equivalent, CD. For example, to
change to the root directory of the default drive from anywhere

in the directory tree, type the following and press Enter:

CHDIR \

If you are in the WORDPROC directory and you want to

change to PERSONAL, a subdirectory of WORDPROC, type

the following and press Enter:

CD PERSONAL

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